The history of Lewisburg begins with the first settlers discovered here in 1751 by Andrew Lewis who had been sent by the Greenbrier Land Company to encourage settlement west of the Alleghenies.  Lewis would return again in 1754 to fortify “The Levels” against Indian attack. 

 

1774 General Andrew Lewis gathered his men here for the march that would lead to his defeat of Chief Cornstalk at the Battle of Point Pleasant. The significance of the Battle of Point Pleasant has long been a subject of much debate. However, as a matter of record, in 1908, by unanimous vote, the Sixtieth Congress of the United States declared this the official first battle of the American Revolution.